LAD #26: MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech

From the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous 'I Have a Dream' Speech on August 28th 1963.  Part of the March on Washington, King's speech was presented to millions calling for equal civil rights for all people of any race.  He begins this speech referencing the Emancipation Proclamation.  He states that after this proclamation was announced the slaves were officially free, yet 100 years later blacks are still not free.  He continues this idea mentioning the ways in which blacks are mistreated, discriminated against and segregated.  Along with this, King speaks of the Declaration of Independence, and how African Americans still do not receive an equal treatment as whites.  King declares that now is the time to change these injustices and abuses of civil rights.  He believes that everyone wanting this change must stick together, and never let up.  King shares his beliefs in his famous words "I have a dream..." "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."  This sums up his hopes that through hard work, our nation can one day truly be equal for all people.